The Lighthouse is the UK’s first Child House and is based on the international Barnahus model. Medical, advocacy, social care, and therapeutic support is delivered under one roof. The Lighthouse provides a safe, child friendly space offering holistic support for children and young people recovering from sexual abuse. It is run by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) in partnership with the Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC.
This training is facilitated by Dr Sara Lakin (Clinical Psychologist and Principal CAMHS practitioner) and she will be joined during the day by Candice Harris (Lived Experience Consultant) and Clementine Anderson (Consultant Social Worker). Together they will combine insight from lived experience of child sexual abuse (CSA), clinical/therapeutic and safeguarding understandings of the impact of trauma on young people & their families; based on their work supporting children, young people and families at the Lighthouse.
This training will provide attendees with skills, knowledge & a deeper understanding of working therapeutically with children after experiencing sexual abuse and harm, including in the pre-trial period. The training is aimed at practitioners working with children and young people in therapeutic settings, including in CAMHS and third sector services.
The training will cover:
· The impact on professionals working with children who have experienced sexual abuse
· Managing complexity around CSA disclosures
· Language, and talking to young people about sexual abuse
· Considerations for therapeutic approaches and trauma-focused interventions when working with CSA, including pre-trial therapy
· Working therapeutically with shame, stigma, secrecy & isolation
· Overview of the justice journey for the child and how this might impact on the child and the therputic process.
· Supporting ways to move forward and support children's recovery journey, whether they are involved in the criminal justice process or not
Feedback from previous attendees of the course:
"An amazing, insightful day of learning through presentation, clinical vignettes, group work and lived experience a wonderful holistic approach that embedded all processes"
"The day has been a wonderful balance of demystifying child sexual abuse through information processes, lived experience, clinical examples and group participation."
"An extremely empowering and inspirational training. Covered so many important topics in an approachable way."
"I really valued the lived experience perspective and liked that we didn't shy away from those accounts."
For more information about this training, please contact the Lighthouse thelighthouse.ask@nhs.net
The cost for this full day training is £130pp (+ Eventbirte booking fee).
Please note this training will be held in person at the Lighthouse (address above). Once you sign up you will recieive more detials by email nearer the training date.
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